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How Google can checkmate iPhone
When looking at the future of the mobile market, we can clearly see two big contenders, Apple and Google. While Apple has a definite head start, Google mobile’s strategy and execution has been impressive. In the last couple of years, Google has managed to create an open platform, engage with a [...]
Will iPhone Get Windows’d by Android?
Undeniably, Apple, with the iPhone, has revolutionized the mobile market. Apple did what all mobile device manufacturers and service providers have dreamed of and failed to do for so many years, which was to make the phone an Internet device. A decade from now, nobody will argue that Apple [...]
Adobe on iPhone: Will Apple allow it?
Apple is undeniably the most proprietary and closed technology company in the software industry. In fact, Apple makes companies like Microsoft and Adobe look like nonprofit open source organizations in comparison. Apple’s iPhone product and marketplace have been the latest example of Apple’s excessive control. Apple ingeniously controls its iPhone platform [...]
Cloud Portability: Force.com vs Google App Engine vs Amazon
One of the biggest fears of any IT manager about cloud computing is the lack of openness. In other words, they ask, “How easy is it to get in and out? Or they might ask, “How portable is a cloud application?” Ideally, enterprises should be able to take applications and data in [...]
Enterprise Cloud: IT vs SaaS
Now that we have established that cloud computing is a real phenomenon that provides real technological and business value, the next question is how does it apply to the enterprise market? To fully analyze this market opportunity, we need to realize that there are two related but different types of enterprise customers [...]
Don’t Get Stuck in a Cloud
Mysterious, comforting, scary, and attractive are all possible adjectives to describe a cloud. Interestingly enough, this is true of all kinds of clouds, from the meteorological to the computing. During the last few years, we have a seen a proliferation of clouds forming from every corner of the Internet. Nowadays, it [...]
Is Microsoft as Free as Open Source?
Jon Davis posted an interesting article discussing whether the Microsoft stack is really more expensive than open source alternatives. Jon has a point; Microsoft’s restricted (i.e., Express) editions are as free as the open source alternatives. This is undeniably true, since the purpose of many software vendor’s “Express” edition is to [...]
Silverlight: Good for Adobe, Bad for Microsoft
While many see Microsoft Silverlight as an Adobe Flash killer, I actually think Adobe should rejoice that Microsoft is competing with Adobe on its own turf (i.e., media plug-ins) rather than putting all its energy, as it once did, into Web standards and innovation (IE 5.0 was the most robust and compliant Web browser of [...]
To Flash or to Open Web
Nowadays, building [rich] Web applications can be quite challenging, as the proliferation of Web technologies has become overwhelming and confusing. The real challenge is that many interesting new Web technologies are being promoted by various groups, and it can be quite difficult for a developer or architect to filter the practical [...]
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Enterprise Web vs Consumer Web [2.0]: Top Six Differences
...Consumer Web is all about scaling the number of users... enterprises usually have a relatively fixed number of users (which can unfortunately shrink from time to time), but they have ever growing business application needs.
Job alert: SAP, COBOL, PowerBuilder??
Was anybody else not surprised by the recent Foote Partners finding that the ongoing demand for workers skilled in SAP technologies grew dramatically stronger in recent months? In an economy governed by the principles of supply and demand, we can expect to see heightened interest and opportunities in what is viewed as more traditional application knowledge such as SAP, Oracle and PowerBuilder along with--dare I predict it--COBOL is afraid to tell you.
Top five issues your IT staff wants to address but is afraid to tell you.
However, if you’re an IT manager or CIO, you may want to gather the troops before you begin the modernization process as even the best laid plans can go awry. Following are the top five issues that your IT staff wants you to know before you begin…but is afraid to tell you.
Open Source AJAX Gains Enterprise Momentum With dojo.E Contribution From Nexaweb.
"As AJAX adoption grows and the industry further embraces open source, we will continue to see tremendous leaps in innovation and architecture as a result of a community oriented approach to software development," said Jeremy Chone, chief technology officer, Nexaweb. "We will continue to contribute to the Dojo Foundation with enterprise-style widgets, tooling and additional XML constructs that will simplify the development and maintenance of dynamic enterprise Web applications."
Enterprise RIA needs to focus on business, best practices.
RIA emerged as a consumer-focused "emotional" technology with applications such as YouTube, but as it moves into the enterprise space it need to focus on business functionality and fit into existing SOA infrastructures, says Jeremy Chone, the new CTO of Nexaweb Technologies Inc. In the second part of this interview, he talks about the differences between RIA for consumer applications and enterprise RIA which needs to conform to SOA best practices.
Exclusive Q-A with Jeremy Chone, CTO of Nexaweb: The RIA Era: Convergence of Web, Mobile and Desktop Applications is the Next Phase
"While the last decade was focused on the Web, the next phase in the evolution of our industry will be on the convergence of Web, mobile and desktop applications and the ability to extend existing applications with these new technologies for a consistent user experience regardless of how and where the information is viewed," says newly appointed Nexaweb CTO .
RIA needs to build on, not replace SOA
The software industry needs to stop marketing one three-letter acronym such as RIA as a replacement for the previous three-letter acronym SOA, says Jeremy Chone, the new CTO of Nexaweb Technologies Inc.
Web 2.0 and Enterprise Application Expert Joins Nexaweb As CTO
Company Strengthens Executive Team with Appointment of Jeremy Chone to Chief Technology Officer.